Single-Panel, black and white, humorous
or not, dealing with the writing life or the creative process in
general. Other subjects will be considered. Sophisticated to simple.
Our readers are educated, creative adults. The majority of our readers
are located in North America and Europe, but our market is worldwide.
Previously unpublished work is preferred, but we will consider
previously published material provided author holds all rights to work.

SUBMITTING: Single-panels will be 4.625″ (4 ⅝”) WIDE
at 300 dpi when printed and should be available as a TIFF file. Height
may vary, but square panels are preferred. Text should be legible at
this size. Send up to three sample low-res digital files as JPEG, PNG,
PDF, EPS, or TIFF. Alternately, submit a link to your online portfolio.
Send samples to cartoons@smallprintmagazine.com OR use the Submittable link below.

RIGHTS: Artist/writer retains all rights to work, granting Small Print Magazine
permission to publish and use the work in the printed magazine and in
digital versions. Work may also be used on our website and on social
media to promote Small Print Magazine. Artist/writer credit will accompany any use of work.

We accept only unpublished writing. Do not submit previously published material. This includes work published in chapbooks, anthologies, or existing online in any form (blogs, e-zines, public forums, et cetera).

Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere while we have your work. With the exception of poetry, submit only one piece of writing within the same category until you receive a response from us.
Work submitted exclusively to Small Print Magazine will receive priority reading over simultaneous submissions. Please use the drop-down menu in our submission form to indicate simultaneous or exclusive submission and indicate this in “Your Message to Small Print Magazine” text field in our submission form.

After submitting work to Small Press Magazine, you will be added to our mailing list. You may remove your address from the list after receiving the first newsletter. (We don't sell or share our list.)

PAYMENT: E-book copies of the electronic version of Small Print Magazine’s annual edition.

RESPONSE TIME: 1-6 months, occasionally longer when work is under consideration or when we receive a large number of submissions.

PUBLISHING FREQUENCY: Web and e-book content publishing frequency varies. Our annual e-book editions are published in March the following year.

Accepted work may appear online, in digital (e-book), print, and on social media. Authors will have final
approval rights over edited material; however, if the editors cannot
reach the author, the edited work may be published without final
approval. Fully cited excerpts of accepted work may appear in Small Print Magazine promotional materials.

(Authors will receive a simple contract outlining the permissions requested by Small Print Magazine. Authors retain copyright to their work.)

We are interested in a range of stories, from slice-of-life vignettes
to strong stories, fiction
& nonfiction that show an understanding of character, stories in
which something is at stake for the characters or narrator.

Single-Panel and strips, humorous or not, dealing with the writing life or the creative process in general. Other subjects will be considered. Sophisticated to simple. Our readers are educated, creative adults. The majority of our readers are located in North America and Europe, but our market is worldwide.

SUBMITTING: Single-panels & Strips. Send up to three sample digital files as JPEG, PNG, PDF, EPS, or TIFF. Alternately, submit a link to your online portfolio. Send samples to cartoons@smallprintmagazine.com OR use the Submittable link below.

RIGHTS: Artist/writer retains all rights to work, granting Small Print Magazine permission to publish and use the work on our website and on social media to promote Small Print Magazine. Artist/writer credit will accompany any use of work.